November 29, 2018

This Bill Gates-backed company is developing a possibly world-changing nuclear reactor

Bill Gates sees nuclear energy as a potential solution to lowering carbon-dioxide emissions around the world, and he has spent

Scientists found the number of photons produced by all the stars in the Universe, and our minds are blown

Have you ever stopped to wonder exactly how much light has been produced by all the stars in the Universe,

A mysterious seismic wave recently shook Earth, and scientists can’t explain it

Scientists are at a loss to explain a strange seismic event that shook the planet on November 11 and was

A researcher thinks he’s unlocked the secret alignment of ancient Chinese pyramids

Much like Egypt’s pharaohs, the emperors of China’s Western Han dynasty had a thing for being buried inside pyramids –

We now have atomic clocks so precise, they could detect space-time distortion

Atomic clocks, based on the minute oscillations of atoms, are the most precise timekeeping devices humans have created. Every year,

In the future, Earth will have just one continent. It might look like this

The outer layer of the Earth, the solid crust we walk on, is made up of broken pieces, much like

We have some facts about that giant ‘cow’ the internet is freaking out about

This week, a Holstein by the name of Knickers captured the heart of the Internet by standing horns and shoulders

Australia doesn’t just have Knickers – check out these other absolute units

In the land down under, sticking out in a crowd is rarely a good thing. Australians have a habit of

We may have just discovered an unexpected new weapon against greenhouse gases

Could nature’s smallest organisms help us to combat rising CO2 levels and even oil spills? Strange as it might seem,